.At the latest IBC 2024 trade convention in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Layout's big statement was actually the new exterior display for its PYXIS movie theater electronic camera. Nevertheless, some website visitors to the series were surprised to also observe a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic stand. This was Blackmagic quietly showing that it is actually dealing with Sony to carry BRAW videotaping to some Movie house Line cameras.What is actually BRAW?BRAW is short for Blackmagic RAW. It is actually an exclusive video report style cultivated by Blackmagic Layout. At a technological level, some people have actually debated whether BRAW is actually an accurate RAW layout. This is since the online video is partly demosaiced in-camera just before documenting. Nonetheless, you can change ISO, white equilibrium as well as more in post-production, equally along with a RAW documents. The BRAW data are actually additionally videotaped as 12-bit log format which indicates they supply a larger vibrant selection. On top of that, BRAW files are actually smaller sized than a few other RAW formats, so they utilize a lot less room on your drives as well as are actually simpler to play back in post-production. What has been actually announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Design showed a Sony Movie house Line FX9 video camera connected to a Blackmagic Online Video Help. In a job interview along with ProAV TELEVISION, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Purchases Supervisor, Craig Heffernan, revealed what the business is actually dealing with. Heffernan mentioned, "Our experts possessed a little technological demonstration where our company had a Video recording Support product connected to a Sony FX9 and introducing people to the work we're doing. To ensure that is offering Blackmagic RAW recording for the FX6 and the FX9 cameras and after that opening that technology for that video camera system." Video recording AssistBlackmagic's Video clip Aid is a mobile screen as well as recorder solution, comparable to the Atomos Ninja assortment. The Video recording Aid includes either a five-inch or even seven-inch display. You can easily likewise decide on in between 3G models that assist video clip up to 1080p60 and also the 12G HDR styles that record online video as much as 2160p60. To record in BRAW you will definitely need to have to utilize among the 12G Online Video Assists. They assist videotaping in ProRes, DNxHR or even BRAW layouts to interior SDXC cards or even an outside USB SSD tough drive.How it worksHeffernan explained that the Sony video cameras output the 4K RAW sign directly to the Video recording Assist over SDI. He pointed out, "Blackmagic RAW is actually developed to profile to the sensing unit, so several of the work we need to carry out is within our hardware encoder that rests inside the Online video Aid. So our experts know the attribute of the Sony sensor and afterwards our experts pack that right into the Blackmagic RAW deal. Any individual that's made use of Blackmagic RAW understands you receive a sidecar of metadata which tells Fix the camera head attributes." What next?Although Blackmagic is actually at first paying attention to building BRAW for the FX6 as well as FX9, that is actually merely the beginning. Heffernan mentioned, "My understanding is our team're working to assist FX6 as well as FX9 initially, we'll after that take a look at FX3 so that we may cover the full variety of those professional cine versions. There is actually no advancement currently for the Alpha stations as well as the mirrorless combination bodies. Coming from Sony's point of view that's a different branch, that's a different design team. Perhaps, if this is actually well-known, as well as we see a bunch of uptake with Sony customers yearning for accessibility to Blackmagic RAW, that is actually a chat we can have." What our team thinkBRAW audio is presently assisted through electronic cameras from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma and Z Webcam. The BRAW layout is fantastic for protecting the total powerful stable of your video camera and also provides you a lot more versatility in post-production. So it's a welcome growth to view the technology supporting Sony cams also. In addition, Blackmagic has actually made the BRAW report format open, cross-platform and also free of cost. The codec is actually assisted through the totally free SDK on Mac computer OS, Microsoft window and also Linux units without surprise licenses or even recurring expenses. BRAW audio on the Sony FX6 and also FX9 makes sure to be an incredibly popular add-on. Owners of the FX3 and Alpha video cameras will certainly hope that they acquire access to BRAW soon too.Pricing and also availabilityBlackmagic Design merely showed the BRAW recording along with the Sony FX6 and FX9 as a specialized demonstration at IBC 2024. Having said that, Heffernan claimed that the business wished that the technology would certainly be actually released as a complimentary update for the Online video Help in Q4 of the year.